Wiping-rod



(No Model.)

H. O. PATTERSON.

WIPING ROD.

Patented Mar. 8, 1892'.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,254, dated March 8,1892.

Application filed September 5 J 1891- Serial No. 4%,864. (N0 model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. PATTERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marshall, in the county of Saline and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wiping-Rods; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists in a new and improved wiping-rod which can be madeout of iron, brass, or steel Wire of sufficient diameter for guns,rifles, or pistols, and which can also be made of wood for guns oflarger caliber.

My invention will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation ofmy new and improved wiping-rod. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view, on alarger scale, of the handle end of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail View, onan enlargedscale, of the point or inner end of the rod.

Referring to the several parts by their designating-numerals, 1indicates the rod proper, which maybe of any desired length andthickness and which is usually formed of iron, brass, or steel wire ofsufficient diameter when intended to be used in guns, pistols, orrifles, but which may be formed of wood if used in guns of largercaliber. The point or inner end of the rod is reduced near its extremityto form the shouldered knob 2, and above this knob a spiral thread 3 isformed around the rod. It will be seen that this construction afiordsa-ready'and effective means for attaching the wiping material to the endof the rod, as by inserting the end of the rod in the wiping materialand giving the rod a few turns the material will be twisted around theend of the rod and will be securely held there by the end knob andspiral thread, which are twisted into the material so as to hold itfirmly on the rod.

4 indicates the handle of my wiping-rod, which is formed with a centrallongitudinal bore or opening 5, extending entirely through it. A washer6 is secured on the upper end of the rod at a suitable distance from theupper extremity of the same, and the handle is then placed on the upperend of the rod with its inner end in close proximity to the washer 6,when a washer-7 is secured upon the rod at the upper or outer end of thehandle. A cappiece 8 is preferably secured upon the upper end of therevolving handle 4-, so as to conceal the upper washer 7 from view andgive a neat finish to the handle. The bore of the handle is of suchdiameter that it fits loosely upon the rod, and a sufficient distance isleft between the washers 6 and 7 and the ends of the handle to enablethe handle to turn or revolve freely on the rod.

In operation when cleaning a rifle the inner end of the rod is insertedin the end of the barrel and the handle 4 is held stationary in thehand, and it will now be readily seen that as the wiping-rod is pushedinto the barrel of the rifle my peculiar handle will enable the rod toturn freely, and thus enable the inner end of the rod to follow therifles .or spiral grooves which are formed in the inside of therifle-barrel, so that it will be certain to thoroughly and effectuallyclean out the spiral grooves, for as the end of the revolving rod willtravel around and follow the curves of the grooves in the rifle-barrelit will be certain to clean them out completely and efiectually and in amore thorough manner than is possible where a rod having a rigid handleis pulled over across the grooves in the barrel.

My new and improved wiping-rod can be manufactured as cheaply as the oldrod having the stationary handle and can be as readily used, as it isonly necessary to insert the end of the rod in the barrel and then pushin on the handle, when the rod will revolve automatically as its endtravels around in the curved grooves of the rifle or pistol barrel. lhisrod will be made of allcalibers and lengths'for rifies, guns, andpistols, and will clean out the rifle with one-half the labor requiredwith the ordinary rod.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a wiping-rod for rifles, &c., having the washers 6and 7 secured at a suitable distance apart upon its outer end, and thehandle 4, formed with the central longitudinal bore and fitting looselyupon the outer end of the rod between the said washers, substantially asset forth.

2. The herein-described new and improved wiping-rod for rifles, &c,consisting of the rod 1, formed at its inner end with the shoulderedknob 2 and the spiral thread 3 and having the Washers 6 and 7 secured ata suitable dis- 1o tanee apart upon its outer end, and the bandie 4,formed with the central longitudinal bore and fitting loosely upon theouter end of the rod between the said washers, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in I5 presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY O. PATTERSON. \Vitnesses:

J. '1. FISHER, R. B. TAYLOR.

